Perhaps, first, as a general observation, the federal government only provides assistance in actual events when we're requested to do so. It does start, as you say, at the local level, and it works up to the provincial level. If there's an identified need from the province, a request will be made, and assistance will be provided as appropriate.
We do have ongoing discussions with provincial governments to talk about the management of the overall situation nationally. Perhaps I can ask Tracy Thiessen to talk a little bit about that.
We have a senior officials' committee responsible for emergency management, for example, that is co-chaired by the senior assistant deputy minister in our department and a provincial colleague. They have been meeting for some time now.
Tracy, do you want to talk a little about that relationship?